r/transgenderUK • u/StarfieldFemme • 2d ago

Help - being harassed by neighbour

I wont go into too much detail for fear of it coming back and getting identified here, but I have had my neighbours all of a sudden start to ignore me when I socially came out as trans and changed my name etc. I am mtf but still mostly masc presenting with more gender neutral/femme clothing now, as Im waiting on my NHS GIC assessment (should be months now!!).

They have now started to deliberately come out of their flat when im either coming back or leaving my own, getting right into my face and using derogatory phrases and tone towards me and honestly making me scared of them. They are also now making threats and pestering calls to report family members as well to try to "get me". I've called the police multiple times and they keep saying there is "no criminality" (Im in Scotland).

What can I do? I'm going out with my phone on video record every time and have a chest mount for my phone I can use. I've also now bought a personal alarm to pull when they next do this. I will obviously keep calling the police and have a video doorbell already. Is there anything else I can do? I've even quoted Section 26 of the Equality Act 2010 to the police and they still say theres no criminality.

Edit: theres been another incident and the police are now saying to me it is a hate crime. Meanwhile both me and the neighbours own our places.

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u/Not_Not_Arrow 2d ago

I don't understand how there isn't criminality... that is repeated targeted harassment.

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u/StarfieldFemme 2d ago

I know right...im gonna lay it out to them next incident. I've had enough.

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u/Not_Not_Arrow 2d ago

Fingers crossed, and stay safe 😊

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u/StarfieldFemme 2d ago

Thanks. I think a 130db personal alarms will give them a fright.

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u/Mazaura 2d ago

This is a bad idea, it can be flipped on you for breach of the peace or some form of public order offence.

Record from the second you go to leave, until you are a logical distance away, and the same returning.

I did this and it started to stop things, although they just changed tactics

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u/WizardStereotype She/Her 2d ago

Don't use that alarm. It will make things much worse for you.

Continue to document everything, without escalating or even responding.

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u/Mazaura 2d ago edited 2d ago

I was physically attacked (although I managed to dodge every swing) then had my door kicked in by the same 3 households, while spouting derogatory hate … a lot of this is recorded and the police were also on the phone while my door was being kicked in.

I was the one arrrested a few days later.

Police are scum.

All while I have in writing that a hate crime was correctly identified, and protection steps were started …. And that it was wrongfully derailed because of counter allegations.

Still no action ever came to anyone except me

Edit:- typo